Next SPC Reading Features Munyori Poetry Editor
Shevonna Blackshire, Munyori Literary Journal's poetry editorThe poetry editor for Munyori Literary Journal, Shevonna Blackshire, will be one of the features at the Sacramento Poetry Center's reading in celebration of Women's History Month. Shevonna has been a creative writer/poet since the age of 8. She watched the 1990's movie about spoken word poetry called "Love Jones" and was inspired to start her own open mic at Touch a' Class nightclub in Sacramento in the late 1990's. Her motto is "Say What You Feel and Feel What You Say!".
In this great line-up, the other features are as follows:
JoAnn Anglin grew up in South Sacramento, attended local schools, then worked for the State of California, writing copy for exhibits, newsletters and brochures. JoAnn has written poetry her whole life, and she has also written numerous articles on the arts and poetry. JoAnn coaches students in the national Poetry Out Loud program, and when she works with students, she encourages poetry writing as an accessible art and a tool for personal expression. Rattlesnake Press published her chapbook, Words Like Knives, Like Feathers. She has been a featured poet in many venues. For 6 years, along with Tom Goff and Nora Staklis, she co-hosted the PoemSpirits series at the Unitarian Universalist Society of Sacramento.
Lytton Bell’s work has appeared in over two dozen journals, web sites and e-zines. Lytton earned a poetry scholarship to the Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Arts in 1988, where she studied with Deb Burnham and poet Len Roberts. She lives in Sacramento, California, with Simon (her cat), David (her husband), and Sam and Charlotte (her über-children).
Jane Blue was born and raised in Berkeley, California. Her poems have been published in many print and on-line magazines. Her most recent books are Turf Daisies and Dandelions, Rattlesnake Press, Sacramento; and The Persistence of Vision, Poet’s Corner Press, Stockton. She has taught creative writing at women's centers, colleges and prisons, and privately. She lives near the Sacramento River with her husband, Peter Rodman.
Felicia Martinez is a writer with radical politics, a twisted sense of humor, and a head full of complicated dreams. She was born in San Diego, raised in Sacramento, with her heart in Santa Paula, and now lives in Oakland. She has been these things in her life: poet, tutor, Aztec dancer, violinist in a mariachi, GED prep & English teacher, immigrant rights organizer, and a full time Tia. Now she is a mom. She has an MFA from Mill’s College in Creative Writing and a Bachelor’s degree from UC Berkeley in English and Ethnic Studies.
Yang Her is a Hmong poet who is active with the group, My Sister’s House, a program that helps victims and survivors of domestic violence. MSH is a non-profit organization and its program called "Women to Work" helps survivors of domestic violence. MSH has a 6-bed shelter for mothers and children escaping domestic violence. Please visit their website at http://www.my-sisters-house.org/.
Monday, March 15 2010 at 7:30 PM
HQ for the Arts at 25th and R
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